Horsehair-cloth.



H. l. L E. SCHWEHIVJ.

HORSEHAIR cLoTH.

APPLICATHON FILED APR 30 i915 @l H /l drawings,

ments having the l5 the .weft threads.

United States, residing in the city of Phila-v 5 delphia, State of Pennsylvania, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horsehair-Cloth, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription,

reference being had 'to the' accompanying forming a part of this specification.

Uur invention relates to improvements in horse-hair elothused for stiifening purposes 1n garments and for other purposes and.l i5 comprlsmg horse-hair weft threads interwoven with warp threads cf suitable material. l Y

This cloth has been objectionable for the reason that horse-hair weft `threads of the 2o c loth when in use, frequently shift their posltions relatively to th often work their way Y sulting in many ob much discomfort e warp threads and out of the fabric, revious annoyances and in vto persons wearing The object of our invention is to overcome objection toa greater extent than -heretofore and to produce a horse-hair cloth in which the warp threads may be woven in S0 close relation to each other and-in which the .warp threads horse-hair weft which results in increasing the binding action of the entire mass of -warp threads on are interwoven with the threads 1n a novel manner with this object in View,

our invented fabrlc consists of the novel combinations and arrangements of the threads thereof, as p -will be 0 ticularly claimed. 4

lnV the accompanying drawings, illustrating our invention, Figure 1 is a plan view of a horse-hair cloth embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section thereof, in the di- 5 rection of the weft threads,

Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section thereof, in the dieiction of the warp threads, on line 3-f3 of g. l. y

eferringto the drawings, 4 designates the horse-hair weft threads and 5 the warp threads which may be composed of any suit- '7 able material.

e warp threads 5 are arranged in two sets of pairs 6 and 7, the pairs bemg'located side lbyside throughout the width of the fabric. e pairs 6 of one set alternate gaf," i horse-hair cloth therein.

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app'lication mea .april so, i915.I serial no. eaaea' with the pairs 7 of the other thread of each pair of each and under the succession. '.lhe threads of each pair 6 are located on th same side of each other throughout the-length of the fabric, and they cross each other between each two adjacent weft threads. rllhe thr `palr 7 are located lirst on one side and then on the other side of each other in alternate succession, crossing each other'laterally and belng twistedrst threads 4 extending through the twisted portionsv of the threads 7. he warp threads 5 of the pairs 6 and 7 of both sets thereof are passed over and under the weft threads 4 and arranged relatively to each other so that the several warp threads 5 toV eads bf each pass over and under the same weft thread a 4 1n Yalternate succession: '.l wh

of the other pair will pass under theweft thread l and where one of the warp thread thus passing under the weft thread and the nearest next adjacent ofthe other pair will pass over the weft thread. e

l By the novel construction hereinbefore described, the -warp threads 5.0i each pair 6 and 7 exert pressure upon the top vand against the bottom of the weft threads and the pressure of the threads of the pairs 6 which are nottwisted is less than the pressure of the threads ofthe twisted pairs of threads 7 due to the diderence lin the manner of weaving, the threads 6 having only a longitudinal pulling action against the weft threads 4 and the threads 7 having a tendency to untwist in addition to their longitudinal pulling action; and, as the horsehair weft threads 4 are engaged on the top ythereof by one thread of one of the pairs 6 and by one thread of one of the other pairs immediately on the respective sides of each warp thread which engages the bottom l.of the same weft thread, and the conthe smooth liorse-hair weft threads yfrom sets of pairs of warp threads 6 and 7'tends to and does produce irregular waves in .the weft threads and'thus efiectually preventing shifting their positions in the fabric when i is in use. l

We claim:

1. A woven fabric comprising horse hair.; weft threads and two sets eifpairs of warpv threads, in alternating relation, the compo'- nent threads of each pair of one set alternat-.f

ing in passing over and under adjacent weft threads and crossing the horizontal planet of each other between adjacent weft threadsjw.

and the threads of each pairof the other set passing respectively over and under each jacent weft threads.

2. A woven fabric comprising horse'haii" weft threads and two sets of differently in`` terwoven pairs of warp threads inalternaty aiixed our signatures April; A. D. 1915. of the weft threads and also crossing'each 1 other laterally to form a twist between ad f ing siiccession as to pairs of the several sets, the component threads of each pair of one set passing yalternately over and of the adjacent pair in the other set passing respectively over and under each threads and also crossing each other later- 30 ally to forma twist between adjacent weft "l threads, vwhereby the binding effect o alternating pairs of sure on the weft threads successively throughout the fabric'. 35

of the weft r the warps dfers in pres-` In testimony whereof, We have hereuntoV this 12th day of HARRY J. soHwEHMQ ERNEST SCHWEHM.

Witnesses: j

` THOMAS C. LONARDS, L M. TUNIS.

M under ad- 25 'i jacent weft threads without crossing .each t` other laterally, and the component threads 

